John barret squire



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Patented June 7,1898.

STATES PATENT -OFFICE.

t JOHN AnfBji sQUI o F'LoN'no N, E N GLAN D.

; ,Irsy PPORT FOR suns F RAILWAY-RAILS.

fsPnc'IFIcA'rroN forming m of Letters Patent No; 605,145, dated. J'unev, 1898. Application filed December 21,1891; eria1No.662}909. (No model.)

To all whorl tit may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN BARRET SQUIRE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Streatham'Park', London, in the county of Surrey,En gland, h'aveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Supports for the Ends of Rails on Railways and Tramways, of which the following is a specification;

'My invention relates to improvements in supports for the ends of rails on railways or tramways at the parts where the joints of such rails are'held together by fish-plates and bolts between the chairs and sleepers adjoin ing the rail-joint and the objects of my improvements are to provide a sufiiciently rigid and effective support for the rail-joint, while at the same time allowing sufficient elasticity for the very small amount of deflection which is advisable in order'to'insure smooth running ofjhewheel's and durability of the permanent way.

My invention is applicable to rails of dif:

' ferentsections, and its application to ordia separate end view of the support shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 5 is a side View, Fig. 6 a plan, Fig. 7 a cross-section, and Fig. San end'view, of a support made according to my invention, but somewhat different in form andic'onstruction. Fig. 9 is a side view, Fig.

10 a plan, Fig. 11 a cross-section, and Fig. 12

an end View, of another slightly-modified form of my improved support. Fig. 13 is a longitudinal vertical section, Fig. 14 a plan, Fig. 15 a transverse section, and Fig. 16 an end view,of anothermodified form of my suport. Similar letters refer to similar parts through out-the several figures. 5'

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, a is a metal plate, of

suitable'thiclgness and strength, of a length sufficient to egtend from the outer sides of the two sleepers b b or of the chairs 0 c at each" side of the joint and fish-plates d d, the,ends'of the plate a being fitted between the bottom of the chairs 0 c and the top of the sleepers .b b. The central part between the sleepers is curved or arched down for a sufficient depth, as shown at e, and from the made to'curve into these margins, and the sides of v the plate a between the sleepers curve in on each side, so that their narrowest part maybe at the center a a, Fig. 2. The center of the hollow projection f is slightly depressed at the top ate in a line with the rails, so that the ends of the latter may take a larger and betterbearing upon it. The ends of the plate a need not necessarily extend to the two outer sides of the sleepers.

In Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 a plate a, similar to that already described, is used, its ends being adjusted and fixed between the chairs and the sleepers, but without being curved or arched down. In this case the hollow projection f is stamped up to a sufficient height from the central part of the fiat plate a, as in the arrangement first described. The ends or sides of the hollow projectionf-are curved up, so as to gradually meet the flat plate, and its top is depressed at the center at i the better to support the ends of the rail, as in the first-described arrangement.

In the modified form of arrangement illustrated in Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12 I take a fiat plate a, such as has been already described, and I form the vertical projection f by making two parallel longitudinal cuts through it ate a at a sufficient distance apart and forming the projection f, which-supports the rails, by bending or curving up sufliciently the central stripso separated, the ends of which, however, remain attached to and forming part of the plate a. The top of the projection may be slightly depressed at 2', as already described, to better support the ends of the rails. The side strips of the plate (Z, upon each side of the central strip, which forms the projection f, may be out transversely through at their center at k 7:, so as to better allow the central strip at f to be bent up, the cut ends being then reunited by riveting or other equivalent means, as shown.

In another simple form (illustrated in Figs. 13, 14C, 15, and 16) I take a flat plate a of the kind and size described, and I bevel the upper edges of the inner sides of the opposite sleepers b b, which support it, bending the plate itself down so as to fit against these beveled edges at Z Z, and then curving or arching up the remainder of the plate at f to a sufficient height for its center or crown to form the support for the ends of the rails, the part which so supports them being slightly depressed at i in the way already described. The flat ends of the plate a are shown let into the top of the sleepers, across which they may only partly extend, as shown. The central part of the plate may be made narrower instead of the sides being parallel.

I do not confine myself to the precise form and arrangement of the plates or supports arranged and used for the purpose described, as they may evidently be modified and varied in many ways, those above described being used as illustrative examples, my invention consisting substantially in supporting the ends of the rails by arched or girder-shaped supports carried 011 the adjoining sleepers.

In all cases holes are made in the proper positions through the ends of the plates, the spikes or fastenings of the chairs passing through these holes into the sleepers; or they may be fastened by tie-bolts or other equivalent means.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a rail-joint, the combination with the adjoining ends of adjoining rails and the sleepers, of the metal plate having its ends resting upon the sleepers, and the chairs sea-ted upon the ends of said plate and holding the rails above the upper surface of the plate, said plate having a central portion struck up above the main body of the plate and forming a seat for the adjoining ends of the rails, substantially as described.

2. The support consisting of the plate a, bent at Z, Z, to fit against the beveled inner edges of the sleepers b, Z), the central part of the plate being curved or arched up suflieiently to support the ends of the rails, the ends of the plate (I, resting upon the opposite sleepers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

.IOIIN l'lARltE'l SQIIIRE.

\Vitnesses:

FRANCIS W. F1n(: U'r, II. D. JAMESON. 

